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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard's boss say a dog's bite cannot hurt?
(a) A builder
(b) A strong boy
(c) A man
(d) A nigger

2. What kind of school does Richard enter?
(a) Boarding school
(b) Law school
(c) Public school
(d) Religious school

3. Why does Richard not find Bess attractive?
(a) She is humorless
(b) She is childish and dull
(c) She is mentally impaired
(d) She is insensitive

4. What does Richard vow never to do again?
(a) Go back to the south
(b) Talk to his grandma
(c) Kill
(d) Steal

5. What is Shorty's job at the optical shop?
(a) Lens maker
(b) Toilet cleaner
(c) Floor mopper
(d) Elevator man

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the whites kill the black boy?

2. What does Ella work as?

3. Who does Richard associate hunger with?

4. What does Richard borrow from the schoolteacher's room?

5. Which two characters go to Chicago first?

(see the answer key)

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